Screen.



No. 692,455. Patented Feb. 4, |902.V

F. M. KEPLER. T v

SCREEN.`

. .'Applicntlon led Sept. 20, .1901.: No Model.)

ren dra-irse 'larsnr (ins-reni FRAllCll itil. HEPLER, OF HABRA CITY, 'ILLINOIS sone-isn.

SPEEFIGATION fol-.ming part of Lettere Patent No. 692,455, dated February 4, 1902.

Application iiled September 20, 1901. Berici No. 75,879. (No model.) y

To @ZZ w/mm it may concern.:

Be it known that l, FRANCIs lil. KEPLER, a

citizen of the'Unitcd States, residing at Hanna i City, in the county oi Peoria, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Screens; and l do hereby declare the foilowingto bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

^ rlihis invention relates to window-screens; and it has for its object to provide a construclion which may be rolled upon a roller when not in use and which may be unrolled into position when it is to be used, a further object of the invention being to provide a construction wherein aclose fit of the screen into position will be insured, sothatall insects will be excluded.

An additional object of the invention is to provide-means for holding the roller in position when the screen is enrolled, other objects and advantages being understood from the following description.

' '.ln'the drawings forminga portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicatesirnilar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a Window-casing with the screen partly unrolled. tir-rough the casing at one side of the screen and showing the latter with its roller in elefastened Fig. 3 is au end View of the casing and showing the arrangement and sha-pe of the bottom of the screen-supporting frame to insure close tting of the screen. Fig. Ll isa View looking at the opposite end of the casing from Fig. 3 and showing the manner in which the screen fabric is taken downwardly over the beveled strips.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a Window-casing 5, from the inner face of which projects the frame, including the sides 6 and 'l' and the ends 8 and U, and which sides are beveled, so that they slant from the face if the casingto the inclosure ol.' the frame,

and the bevels are continued throughout t'ho lengths of the sides.

The screen proper is shown at 10 and is in the form of a netting of wire or other suit- Fig. 2 is a section taken verticallyy able material, one end of which is disposed I at this end being taken rearwardly overthe beveled faces of the sides 6 and 7, in which position the netting is held by the metal strap or band 11, which is secured upon the netting by tacking into the end and beveled side faces of the frame, the ends of the strap or band being bent' rearwardly over the loevels,` as shown. The opposite end of the screen is at tached securely to a roller 1l', which is disposed transversely of the frame and projects therebeyond at both ends, the roller having terminal grooved drums i2`and 13, and wound upon these drums are the cords 'lll and l5, the lower ends of which are taken over the ends of the casing and secured thereto. The ends of the cords being ixed, ifv the roller'is moved in one direction it will be rotated by the cords to wind up the screen, andif'theroller be rotated in the opposite direction, as by moving it in an opposite direction, the screen-Will be nnwonnd. By reason of the side edges of the screen at the end thereof being taken rearwardly .over the bevels of the frame the side edges assume lines leading from the face of the casing to the rear side of the roller, and when the screen is un rolled the side edges of the screen are thus held rearwardly beyond the front face of the frame, so that insects are prevented from passing between the screen and the frame. vation,tl1e screen being unrolled and the roller 'llo facilitate manipulation of the roller, a handle or bail 1G is provided, the ends of which are pivotally engaged with trunnions` 18 and lj'fiat the ends oi the' roller, and when the roller is to he moved lliis bail is grasped and operated. l

'lo hold thc roller lowered with the screen in position, a pin 20 is provided at the lower end ol the casing and over which thc bail is adapted to engage, as shown in lig. L o tho drawings, the hail having sufficient elasticity, coupled with the clnsticily of tho screen, to permit of engagement ci. the boil with the pin. When the screen is rolled up, the roller is prevented from rotation lo un roll the screen by swinging the bail into the position shown in Fig. '1, at which time the web of.' the bail lios against the cords, and if thc roller bo thon. rolled downwardly the tendency would be lo TOO wind the cords over the bail, which would be prevented by the tension of the cords and the netting.

It will be understood that in practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and that any Suitable materials and proportions may be Used for the Various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

vWhat is claimed isl. The combination with a casingf ascreen attached at one end tothe upper end of the l casing, a roller with which the opposite end rvs of the screen is connected, cords wound upon the ends ofthe roller and attached to the lower i end of the casing, and a bail for the roller 'rectioxn pivoted'to the ends thereof and having its web portion parallel with the axis ot' the roller, to, wedge between the roller and the cords to hold the roller against rotation in one di- 2. The combination with a window-casing having raised portions at the sides of the window-opening and extending throughout the height of the latter, of a fabric having ene end stretched across the window-opening and having its sides extending beyond the raised portions and taken rearwardly thereover and secured in the rear of the front faces of the,A

raised portions, and means connected with the opposite end of the fabric for holding it with its side edges under tension and in the.

a window-casing i Versely of the frame to run thereon andito which the opposite end of the fabric is attached, said roller having terminal drums, cords Wound upon the drums and having their ends attached tothe casing to rotate the rollerwhen itis raised or lowered, a bail having its ends pivoted to the ends of the rollel` and a pin for engagement by the bail to hold it withtheroller at one limit of its movement.

In testimony whereof I afjx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS M. KEPLER Witnesses SAMUEL A. LESLIE, MATTIE 'YINGEK 

